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A. R, SLADE.

FENCEPST.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6.1918.

Patented Sept. 9,1919.

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Iowa, have invented `certain new and useful Improvements 1n Fenoeposts,of which the following is a specification.

My` invention relates to improvements in fence-posts, and especiallyto steel or metal posts, and the objects of my improvements are., first, to provide such a post with a penetrative device or anchoring point at its basal endadapted for easy penetration of the soil while firmly securing the post in place and from displacementby `stresses exerted upon it in any direction, and second, to supply the post with securing seats for fence-wires, designed for convenient and rapid assembly or disassembly of the parts, such seats arranged in form to retain the inserted wires against displacement except in a certain direction.

These objects I have accomplishedby the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved fence-post,

y with a part broken away, as fixed in the soil; Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental detail view of a part of the fence-post standard or T- bar;` Fig. 4L is a fragmental view of part of the anchoreblade of the device, with the blade sectioned vertically Y and medially through the oppositely directed crimps there of, and Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of said fence-post, with the upper part of the standard thereof broken away. l

In said drawings, similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views. y

The standard 1 or post proper, is shown in the form of a Tbar, but may be of any` other section desired, such as an angleor channel-bar, or even a flat bar, but the 'Il'-V bar form lends itself most readily to the uses I desire of the post.

. 'Ihe numeral `5 denotes va lozengeor Spearhead-shaped anchoring-blade Jfastened to the lower part of said post by means of rivets 4 or other securing-means, or may be spot-welded or electrically-welded to the post, in a well-known manner.

The lower portion of the' blade 5 is preferably given a smaller terminal angle than specification f Letters retenue.`

the top part, to facilitate penetration of the soil, the post being ordinarily driven into the soil, to a depth wherein the blade is entirely embedded except a small portion of its top, as shown in said Fig.` 1. 1

The blade may be crimped on both sides of the post 1"reverselyupwardly and downwardly, and slightly obliquely, on opposite parts of slightly oblique slits running toward the post, to thusprovide downwardly Patented sept. e, ieia.

opening pockets 6 fandupwardly ,opening pockets 7, arranged respectively to extend outwardly from opposite faces of the blade,

as shown in the sectional view Fig. 4:.

That part of the standard of the post which is yabovesaid blade may be provided with any appropriate means for securing or mounting fence-wires thereon, but I have `shown a specific type of securing means adaptable to removably receive yet securely hold said wires. This'means `consists ofa plurality of convoluted slots or notches in the web 2 of thepost-standard 1, as best shownin said Fig. 3. While the convolutions of the notches or seats 3 may be varied in form, yet as shown each consists of an upwardly and obliquely directed opening 3 in the web 2, this opening being then directed downwardly and then upwardly obliquely, furnishing a depressed seat 8 to receive a fence-wire 9. The acute angles 10 and 11 of the opening act as stops to arrest the wire from displacement afrom the post by any cause, except a manipulation such as will first lift the wire upwardly and over the angle 10 and then outwardly obliquely downward through the passage 3. It will be seen that none of the Vusual stresses ex-4 erted upon the wire can displace it from the post, and that it is easy and convenient to place the wire in the notch and to remove it designedly therefrom.

The lower end of the standardyl is` preferably truncated obliquely as shown at 12, toward the point of the blade 5, to assist. in the penetration of e'ort." Y

The crirnps or pockets 6 and 7 serve to engage the soil on opposite faces of the blade 5, acting as anchoring-means to prevent withdrawal of the post without large force, `and being on opposite edges of the post in location exert leverage to resist such withdrawal by lateral forces, such as a pull on the fence-wires due to inherent weight or of the soil with a minimum impacts of animals or other bodies. Since the blade-'5 is extended as far as the lower extremity of the post, it penetrates the ground with Jfacility, but the upper sloped shoulders of the blade resistl displacement of the post upwardly. There being no abrupt break or variation of the upright edges of the blade, which are very sloping, no side leverage is present which would serve as a fulcrum when the post is pushed laterally, the opposite sloping edges of the blade also resisting such thrusts. The blade may be varied in exterior or edge configuration, and the crimps or pockets 6 and 7 otherwise directed or varied in `relative positions and in number, without departing from my invenchor-blade attached thereto, the blade betion.

Having. described my invention, what I claim as new, and\ desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a device of the character described, a standard having a terminally pointed loz'enge-shaped lower part, said part having a slit and a crimped pocket formed to extend angularly away from the slit.

2.' In a device of the character described, a standard having a terminally pointed spadiform blade provided with a plurality of horizontal slits, said blade having crimps formed therein extending angularly away from said slits oppositely and vertically.

3. In a device of the character descrlbed, a standard of T-bar section, and a wider anchoring-blade fixed thereon with pointed lower end extending to the lower extremity of the standard, the `lower extremity of the standard being sloped to form a common penetrating point with the lower angle of the blade.

4. A device of the character described,`

comprising a post, and a pocket bearing an ing medially widened and extending from the lower extremity of the post upwardly to a location above the level of the soil in which the postl is embedded.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 3d day of Sept., 1918.-

ARTHUR R. sLAD-E. 

